OPINION

ARCHITECTURE : Don't Rush to Demolish St. Vibiana's Kevin Starr, Kevin Starr, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the state librarian of California and a member of the faculty at USC. His "Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California" will be published next month by Oxford University Press

Japan : A Security Treaty Best Suited for Another Era David I. Hitchcock, David I. Hitchcock, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, served 12 years as a diplomat in Japan and was director of the U.S. Information Agency for East Asia from 1989-92